Thèmes: <span>Moutain</span>

WELCOME TO LAUGHING VALLEY

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Original title : Bienvenue à Riante Vallée In summer, the Mont-Blanc Massif sees the stealthy silhouettes of crystal-makers in search of a kind of Grail: rock crystal. There are less than a dozen of them in the Chamonix region, unearthing these translucent stones that lie dormant at the heart of the steepest rock faces, in … Continued

ASSAULT ON THE HIMALAYA

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Original Title : À l’assaut de l’Himalaya In 1951, the third French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer the 7,800 m high Nanda Devi. After days of difficult approach, the expedition set up its base camp at an altitude of 5,000 m. The ascent of Nanda Devi then began, which ended tragically for … Continued